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Shadow Copy Deletions

Source
upstream

This rule detects when Shadow Copies are being deleted. This is a know actions that is performed by threat actors. This query detects know commands that have been used by the ransomware actors. Some information from Mitre Attack: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1490/

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
ImpactT1490 Inhibit System Recovery

Event coverage

ProviderEvent IDTitle
Sysmon1Process creation
Security-Auditing4688A new process has been created.
Defender-DeviceProcessEvents9001000Process activity (any)

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: source

DeviceProcessEvents

Stage 2: where

ProcessCommandLine match "CommonRansomwareExecutionCommands"

Stage 3: project-reorder

Stage 4: extend

Stage 5: extend

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
ProcessCommandLinematch
  • CommonRansomwareExecutionCommands